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In doing so the issue morality and ethics naturally follow. This lead philosophers, such as Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill to ask whether morals exist at all.
Both Kant and Mill addressed this question by first determining how moral traditions are actually formed. Kant seems to be stating that humanity, because
of its intrinsic value, is an end unto its own self, while Mill held that happiness for the majority should be the guiding principle. But who is right?
Many people often confuse the terms of ethics and morals when discussing issues of right and wrong. However, they are not the same thing. The
term ethics is used to indicate certain systems or theories that dictate personal actions. Morality is an adherence to a definition (either self imposed or culturally reinforced) of right or
wrong. Both Kant and Mill explore the interrelationship between ethics and morals and how one develops and maintains them personally and within a society. Immanuel Kant: Fundamental Principles of the
Metaphysics of Morals In Kants Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals, he indicates that morality concerns obligation or reasons of ought. This reasons of ought is often tricky,
but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they will respect your life. In other words,
the reasoning of ought is conditional if one receives something in return for acting, or refraining from an action(such as murder). However, the unconditional ought is that action which one
takes apart from any sort of reward or reciprocity. So, if this is true, then why do it? In short, morality is a duty; something one does because it is
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